Saturday, May 09, 2015

Complaint says crosses at Catholic school offensive, prevent Muslim prayers

Crosses in every room at Washingon D.C.’s Catholic University of America are a human rights violation that prevent Muslim students from praying.

That’s the complaint to the Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights filed by a professor from rival George Washington University across town.

GWU Law School Professor John Banzhaf takes the Catholic institution to task for acting “probably with malice” against Muslim students in a 60-page complaint that cites “offensive” Catholic imagery all over the Catholic school, which he says hinder Muslims from praying.

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10 comments:

Nikolaus said...

Stupid people doing stupid stuff stupidly.

Clear Waters said...

The secularists will succeed, because their is a pervasive belief within the court system that Christianity must be subordinate to all other faiths.

lannes said...

The Catholic University -- which I never heard of before -- asked for this when they started accepting Moslem students (probably because so many of them have more money than clueless American students).

The Archer of the Forest said...

I read this earlier. I don't think it will go anywhere. I mean, if you are offended, don't go there. It's a Catholic school, you're going to see Catholic stuff. That's like going to the University of Texas and being offended at seeing images of Bivo the Longhorn.

theguide42 said...

I'm a CUA student. Banzhaf periodically does this publicity stunt and it never goes anywhere. The Muslim students on campus hate him. Many think he has mental issues.

Oh, and Iannes, I'm not going to feed you, since you're a troll, but please...shut up.

Unknown said...

It may have gone nowhere in the past, but it only takes once. As long as institutions take "public" money, there is the threat that they must conform.

The Anti-Gnostic said...

If there are Muslim students there, then CUA is just another secular, public accommodation which happens to be run by Catholics.

Take the crosses down.

theguide42 said...

I'm legitimately fascinated by the number of people who seem to agree that the presence of non-Catholic students at CUA means they are a secular institution and should take their crosses down. Can somebody please explain this to me in more detail?

Anonymous said...

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure The Anti-Gnostic was being sarcastic.

John (Ad Orientem) said...

Ummm... Probably not.